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The Philippine Islands. Moluccas^ Siam
Japan and China at the close of the sixteenth century.
In 1611 ANTHONY HIPPON set out on a vovaae to
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the East on board the ship Globe under the auspices
of the East India Company, He visited the coa>t of
Koromandel, Bantam and Siam. His voyage was
afterwards written by Nathaniel MARTEN.
In 1625 PETER HEYLIN wrote A Little Descrip
tion of the Great Wot Id in which he describes Siam,
China and other'principal kingdoms, provinces, seas
and isles thereof.' A copy of this book exists in the
British Museum, London.
In 1626 THOMAS HERBERT came to Siam in course
of his tour round the East Indes. He wrote a book
describing his voyage under the name—Some years'
travels into divers parts of Africa and Asia the Great
describing more particularly the Empires of Persia
and Industan.
The Dutch East India Company had established
a factory for the purpose of their trade in PATANI in
1602. In 1604, they founded another depot at
Ayuthia in the kingdom of Siam. Joost Schouten was
Agent and the chief of the Dutch Factories in Siam
from 1624 to 1629. From his personal experiences,
he was able to write an account of Siam under the
name—A True Description of the Mighty kingdoms
of Japan and Siam in 1636. It was originally written
in Dutch and afterwards translated into English. AQ-